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BlacSke ed: Noto n-AnyM ap indigenous 1;, anarchy . �� ant-iPolit c\a\ Black Seed: Not on Any Map 2021 licensed under creative commons (!)@@ Pistols Drawn Berkeley, CA littleblackcart.com Black Seed Not on Any Map Indigenous Anarchy in an Anti-political World writings from Black Seed, a journal of green and indigenous anarchy, and beyond with an introduction by Klee Benally i Indigenous Anarchism is a Collect Call x Intro from some Black Seed editors 1 --�----��----���--��----��----��--��----��- 1 Locating an Indigenous Anarchism -Aragom! 16 A Non-European Anarchism -Aragom! 33 Black Kitty Conspiracy for Another World: Deconstructing Anarchism, Settler Colonization, and Anti-Blackness - Edxi 41 Unknowable: Against an Indigenous Anarchist Theory - Klee 2. --��----��----�----��----��----��----�----�-- 81 Welcome to Black Seed, issue 1 85 Black Seed: An Old Green Anarchy 98 Without Words: A New (old) GA-Aragom! 104 Editorial, issue 7 107 Answers to Questions Not Asked: Anarchists & Anthropology -Aragom! 125 Nihilist Animism -Aragom! 131 Do Ants Dream of Domestication? -Aragom! � -------------------------------------------------------- 141 The Erotic Life of Stones - Dominique and Soren 151 Speech of the Nameless - Dominique and Soren 168 There's No Place to Go - interview with Dominique 195 Post Indian Aphorisms - Dominique '4- --�--------------------------------------------�------ 203 There's a Twitter for That -Aragom! 214 Whatever Veganism -Aragom! 229 Voting Isn't Harm Reduction - Klee 252 By All Means, Anti-Politics - Mike � -------------------------------------------------------- 259 Indigenous Anarchist Convergence report back - Klee 274 Fire Walk with Me: IAC report back 2 - anonymous 278 Rethinking the Apocalypse - anonymous 286 Stand-up to be Performed at the Next Disaster - Skoden Introduction Indigenous Anarchism is a collect call For what it is worth we will have to establish a way to live that is both indigenous, which is to say of the land that we are actually on, and anarchist, which is to say without authoritarian constraint. Aragorn! Part 1: A is not for Artifice Leftist Indigenous academics have been champing at the bit. Radical publishers have been whipping up proposals like jockeys enthusiastic to run the hob­ byhorse of their idea of Indigenous Anarchy into the ground. We heard the clamoring. They knocked on our door. They reeked of espresso, baked bread, and burning plastic. They will run their races without us. Part 2: A reluctant history of Indigenous Anarchism, telephoned-in It is written in barely-legible spray paint. It is In­ digenous urban youth raised in punk scenes. It was fed a steady diet of zines and food, not bombs. It sat through endless study groups and occasionally volunteered at infoshops. It sewed patches with dental floss. It drank it­ self to death. It played yoyo. It said "fuck you and your white dreadlock-wearing banjo-playing dog­ ma." It wore nihilism on its sleeve. It played with Stimer. It laughed at Marxists. It stole enough to satisfy youthful reparations. It dumpster dived. It locked down and got arrested. It fought cops and neo-Nazis. It wrote a regrettable letter to Kaczyn­ sky. It painted banners. It overstayed its welcome. It rabidly celebrated autonomy while dreaming dreams of ancestors. It didn't work. It talked about consensus and debated voting. It organized ben­ efit concerts. It laughed at the folly of dismissive white anarchists who thought their lame critiques of nationalism could be imposed on Indigenous life ways. It dropped out. It slept on couches and under bridges. It hitchhiked across Turtle Island. It didn't name itself. It didn't need to. On the outside it was chameleon to counter/sub­ cultural phenomenon. On the inside, it was hyper-self-aware in the milieu of whiteness, politics, and adjectives. Liv­ ing on or off the Rez. It found voice in rare instances. Some years ago, Zig Zag, a frontline Indigenous tactician and strategist, wrote a zine and unapolo­ getically stated that they were a nihilist. Some years ago, an urban Indigenous vegan punk/street philosopher wrote two essays, one for a publication dedicated to the downfall of civiliza­ tion. His name was Aragom! Some years ago, an Indigenous agitator, while imprisoned, rubbed two words together like sticks and made a fire. His name was Rob. ii Some years ago, a young Yaqui Earth Firster! sunk a ship and liberated a diary from a museum display. His name was Rod. Some years ago, a group formed as a reaction to overbearing whiteness circled with an A. It pushed, pulled, gnashed, and shrank after it was done writh­ ing. It was named Anarchist People of Color. Some years ago, Anarchist bookfairs decided to listen while not listening to Indigenous Peoples. Recently a newspaper changed its tagline from "A Journal of Green Anarchy" to "A Journal of Indig­ enous Anarchy." Recently a social media federation was formed. Recently a convergence was held. This barely amounts to a glorified social media post. My younger self would be frustrated with this trun­ cated narrative. You're welcome. Part 3: The haunting There's an insatiable longing to fill a hole the size of a great forgetting. It is a hole punched through memories turned to millions of ghosts and buffalo skulls. It is a longing that found itself in the vise of dead white minds and the mass graveyard they call history. Its geography lies somewhere between the dissecting and dreaming words of Godwin, Goldman, and Proudhon. Though enamored by the phrase, "Anarchy is order without power," and the principles of Direct Action, Mutual Aid, and Volun­ tary Association, the longing (our longing) refused to be haunted by these ghosts. We were quick to realize that they are not our ancestors and we are iii

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